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- Revisions within the package are free.
- If you do not respond within 3 days of delivery, the work is accepted automatically.
The money is reserved when you pay and released only once you accept the work.
Example result
Proofreading: annual report of a community garden association
Before and after (excerpt)
Before:
This year the garden welcomed 23 new members, and our waiting list have grown to 41 familys. Thanks to a council grant of £2,400 we replaced the old shed, it's roof had been leaking since 2023. Volunteers put in over 1.200 hours, a new record! The composting area was moved behind plot 14, which means the paths along plots 12-16 is now clear for wheelchairs. Special thanks goes to Margret Hale who organised the Spring Plant sale.
After:
This year the garden welcomed 23 new members, and our waiting list has grown to 41 families. Thanks to a council grant of £2,400, we replaced the old shed; its roof had been leaking since 2023. Volunteers put in over 1,200 hours, a new record! The composting area was moved behind plot 14, which means the paths along plots 12–16 are now clear for wheelchairs. Special thanks go to Margaret Hale, who organised the spring plant sale.
List of changes (excerpt)
| # | Paragraph | Was | Now | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | waiting list have grown | waiting list has grown | Grammar: agreement |
| 2 | 2 | familys | families | Spelling |
| 3 | 2 | grant of £2,400 we | grant of £2,400, we | Punctuation |
| 4 | 2 | shed, it's roof | shed; its roof | Punctuation; its/it's |
| 5 | 2 | 1.200 hours | 1,200 hours | Number format |
| 6 | 2 | plots 12-16 is | plots 12–16 are | Dash in range; agreement |
| 7 | 2 | thanks goes | thanks go | Grammar |
| 8 | 2 | Margret Hale | Margaret Hale | Name: spelled "Margaret" on p. 1 and p. 4 |
| 9 | 2 | Spring Plant sale | spring plant sale | Capitalisation, as elsewhere in the report |
Consistency check across the whole report
- Names: "Margaret Hale" (4 times), "Tom Okoye" (3), "Priya Shah" (2), all now spelled the same way everywhere
- Organisation name: "Elm Street Community Garden" used in full the first time, then "the garden"; 3 cases of "Elm St. Garden" changed
- Spelling: British throughout ("organised", "colour", "programme"); 7 American forms changed
- Numbers: thousands with a comma, ranges with an en dash; amounts checked against the finance table on page 5, all match
Not changed (for you to decide)
- Paragraph 6 says "nearly 50 volunteers"; the table on page 5 lists 46. Both can be correct, so we left the wording.
- "Potluck" appears both with and without a hyphen in quotes from members; quotes were kept as written.
Total: 2,684 words checked, 57 corrections.
Client: Elm Street Community Garden, a volunteer-run association with 80 members Text: the 2,700-word annual report for members and the local council Brief: fix errors only, keep the friendly voice; use British spelling; plot numbers and amounts must stay exactly as given
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
Once a brochure is printed, every typo is printed a thousand times, and the costliest ones hide in phone numbers, prices and opening hours. Send the print-ready PDF and we read it page by page: headings, body copy, captions, price lists and contact details, checking that the same product name and price appear the same way on every page. You get fixes by page number, so your designer can apply them in the layout file.
What is included
- What you getA list of corrections by page (page, what is written, what it should be) with contact details and prices checked for consistency, on the order page and as a Word (.docx) file.
- Page-by-page fixesEach one tied to its page
- Contacts checkedPhones, emails, addresses and hours match
- Prices and namesSame on every page
- Captions and footnotesSmall print read too
- Hyphenation flagsAwkward breaks noted
How it works
- 1BriefYou attach the print PDF
- 2ProofreadingWe read every page
- 3DeliveryYou get fixes by page
What we need from you
The print-ready PDF with a text layer (exported from InDesign, Illustrator, Canva or similar), the language and anything the designer cannot change.
We will ask you:
- What is being printed?
- Which phone numbers, prices and dates are the correct ones?
- Which language variant should we follow?
- Is there text the designer cannot change?
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicLeaflet$10 | StandardBrochure$20 | PremiumCatalog$39 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Length | up to 1,000 words | up to 3,000 words | up to 7,000 words |
| Contacts and prices checked | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| List of changes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Order Basic | Order Standard | Order Premium |
Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Do you check the layout, colours or bleed?
No, only the text. Colours, bleed and print settings stay with your designer or printer.
My PDF is a scan. Will it work?
A scan has no text layer, so we cannot read it as a file. Export the PDF from the layout program, or attach clear photos of the pages.
Will you edit my PDF directly?
No. You get a list of fixes by page that the designer applies in the source layout.